International Entrepreneur – French

Effective: Spring 2020
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This program map from the 2024-2025 catalog year represents one possible pathway to complete this program. Your pathway may vary depending on your transfer plans and also previous college credit, including AP Test scores, concurrent enrollment courses and high school articulated courses.

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  1. Review this program map to get an overview of the required courses
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Program Description
This certificate will combine French language proficiency, business culture, and entrepreneurship to prepare students to seize opportunities in the global market. You will develop an extensive cultural and business knowledge of the French-speaking world which represents over 220 million French speakers and hundreds of billions of dollars spent by the consumer goods/services. French is the 6th spoken language in the world.

What can I do with this major?

Graduates with this degree will be prepared to: 

  • Seek employment in the fields of Global Trade & Logistics, International Business, and Trade Occupations. 

  • Work as entrepreneur, global trade and logistics worker, business consultant, business operations specialist, supply chain specialist, logistics analyst, human resource specialist, cargo and freight agent, shipping, receiving, purchasing, and traffic clerk, sales clerk.  

  • Seek work for French-speaking companies with offices in the USA, Canada, Europe, and Africa and communicate well with potential customers, business partners, employers or vendors. 

  • Use Chabot French language course units for: 

  • AA in French degree 

  • Certificate of Achievement in French 

  • UC and CSU transfer requirements  


Learning and Career Pathway
  • Business, Economics & Information Technology

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= Critical Course = Prerequisite for Other Courses = Prerequisite Required = Required for Major GE = General Education
Students who have studied 2 or more years of French in High School may start at FRNC 1B or FRNC 2A level. To request a higher placement, please contact Professor Parrish at cparrish@chabotcollege.edu.
If a student places out of any core course(s) and is not awarded units for that course, the student will need to take additional units to compensate for the course/units required to reach 18 total units in the major (Title 5 regulations). Course substitutions are made at the discretion of the local college and may or may not be delineated in the local degree.

Semester 1

5 units

FRNC 1A
Beginning French

5 units
Introduction to the French-speaking cultures of the world featuring the study and practice of the four language skills (listening, speaking, reading, and writing) of French. Following an immersion instruction format, the class is entirely taught in the target world language of the selected course. May not receive credit if FRNC 1A1 and/or 1A2 have been completed.
Course Details:
  1. Strongly Recommended: ENGL 1A
Terms Offered: Spring, Fall, Summer

Semester 2

8 units

BUS 40
International Business

3 units
Exploration of major factors involved in developing international trade. An overview of globalization, its impact on both Western and non-Western societies, theories of global trade, monetary environment, foreign market analysis, sociocultural forces, global ethics, global political and economic institutions, and international operations. Emphasis on current events in the global business environment.
Course Details:

FRNC 1B
Elementary French

5 units
Further study of French-speaking cultures of the world featuring the acquisition of the four language skills (listening, speaking, reading, and writing) of French begun in French 1A. Following an immersion instruction format, the class is entirely taught in the target world language of the selected course. May not receive credit if FRNC 1B1 and/or 1B2 have been completed.
Course Details:
  1. Prerequisite: FRNC 1A
    2. or
Terms Offered: Summer, Fall, Spring

Semester 3

7 units

ENTR 1
Introduction to Entrepreneurship

3 units
An entrepreneur is a person that starts and operates a business, taking on greater than normal financial risk in order to do so. Creating and building a business from the ground up requires the willingness to make sacrifices and devote endless amounts of time and energy to make the business grow. Introduction to Entrepreneurship helps a student understand the mindset of an Entrepreneur as well as the steps and processes necessary to become an Entrepreneur.
Course Details:

FRNC 2A
Intermediate French

4 units
Review of grammar; reading of works of modern authors; practice in conversation and composition. Following an immersion instruction format, the class is entirely taught in the target world language of the selected course.
Course Details:
  1. Prerequisite: FRNC 1B
    2. or
  2. Prerequisite: FRNC 1B2
Terms Offered: Spring, Fall

Other (specify)

Substitutions for advanced language students that pass the prerequisite challenge/override must complete a minimum of 20 units to earn the certificate. Advanced students may use courses from the list below to meet the total units required. 

FRNC 2B
Advanced French

4 units
Reading of Francophone authors; advanced review of grammar; emphasis on speaking and composition. Following an immersion instruction format, the class is entirely taught in the target world language of the selected course.
Course Details:
  1. Prerequisite: FRNC 2A
Terms Offered: Fall, Spring

ENTR 20
Marketing for Entrepreneurs

3 units
Marketing strategy and techniques for start-up and small businesses. Focus on low-cost, flexible, innovative marketing tools including social media and Internet marketing.
Course Details:

BUS 12
Introduction to Business

3 units
Survey of the private enterprise system and basic business concepts, business economics, types of business ownership, ethics, globalization, and organizational functions (management, marketing, accounting, human resources, and finance). Provides a multidisciplinary examination of how culture, society, economic systems, legal, international, political, financial institutions, and human behavior interact to influence an organization's policies and practices within the U.S. and a global environments.
Course Details:
Total Units: 20 units
This program map is not a guarantee of course availability or financial aid applicability.